My neighbor and his wife like to give my boys treats and pets, but the fence made it hard. ❤️

He cut a window added hinges and a latch so he could pet the dogs.

    • Noxy@pawb.socialEnglish
      3·
      1 month ago

      The* boys

      Just cuz we legally “own” them doesn’t mean we gotta refer to them that way! I’d never refer to MY dogs like that

      …wait

    • fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.comEnglish
      1·
      29 days ago

      How do you know this?

      edit Oh you mean the neighbor saying that. I’m slow.

    • macaw_dean_settle@lemmy.worldEnglish
      48·
      1 month ago

      *our.

      This is an edit and not a footnote. Therefore the * comes before the word and not after.

      • glimse@lemmy.worldEnglish
        82·
        1 month ago

        I can’t say if you’re technically correct as far as MLA formatting or whatever but I’ve been on the internet for 30 years and basically everyone puts the asterisk after the word they’re correcting. I don’t think I’ve ever seen it the way you’re describing lol

        • Zorque@lemmy.worldEnglish
          9·
          1 month ago

          I have too and I can safely say the opposite. I think I’ve seen people put it after instead of before maybe a handful of times.

          Can I ask what country you’re from? Is it possible it’s regional?

  • selkiesidhe@lemm.eeEnglish
    43·
    1 month ago

    As long as he asked first lol which I’m sure he did.

    Dogs and neighbors gain new friends! Win-win!

  • JackbyDev@programming.devEnglish
    39·
    1 month ago

    The title with the pic but without the context is hilarious.

    OP: My neighbor cut a hole in my fence.

    OP’s neighbor: 😃

  • floo@retrolemmy.comEnglish
    27·
    1 month ago

    Jealous that you have such an awesome neighbor

  • Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.worldEnglish
    325·
    1 month ago

    ITT: OP posts his neighbor doing something wholesome, and commenters lose their shit, accusing him of being some kind of pervert or spy. OP is unphased.

    • lars@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
      1·
      1 month ago

      Same here. You and I might be projecting.

    • w3dd1e@lemmy.zipOPEnglish
      8·
      1 month ago

      I said that to him! You read my mind.

  • Noxy@pawb.socialEnglish
    10·
    1 month ago

    I’ve thought about asking our neighbor about putting a dog door in our shared fence so her dog and mine can play together in either yard without needing to plan out a play date. Seems like a cool idea if it can lock from either or both sides!

    • w3dd1e@lemmy.zipOPEnglish
      3·
      1 month ago

      If you have dogs that get along, the dog door would be awesome. I bet the dogs would love it. If I was your neighbor, it would make me very happy to see your dog visit me.

  • 𝕸𝖔𝖘𝖘@infosec.pubEnglish
    9·
    1 month ago

    The posts are facing into your yard. Wouldn’t that technically make it his fence? Maybe I have that backwards? Regardless, cool story, cool neighbor, super cool dogs lol

    • w3dd1e@lemmy.zipOPEnglish
      10·
      1 month ago

      I always thought you would put the posts inward to prevent climbing, but another neighbor installed a fence that was built like you said. I have no idea!

      Maybe it doesn’t matter?

      • 𝕸𝖔𝖘𝖘@infosec.pubEnglish
        7·
        1 month ago

        I’ve always thought that the posts face outwards, because you get to look at the nice, finished fence, and not the ugly posts (if the fence was yours). Who knows anymore lol

        • plz1@lemmy.worldEnglish
          10·
          1 month ago

          I always see them posts-in, so the outward appearance (to the street, etc.) is nice. Curb appeal. Also to make it harder to climb.

        • JennyLaFae@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
          3·
          1 month ago

          I remember a fence with the slats in both sides and the posts in the middle from a childhood home. I think people just started being cheap smh

          • 𝕸𝖔𝖘𝖘@infosec.pubEnglish
            3·
            1 month ago

            I remember those, too. Then started seeing (or maybe noticing?) The current fence styles. I think you’re right. Things are getting much more expensive, and people aren’t earning that much more, so they have to cut corners where they can. It’s easy to cheap out on a fence.

    • logicbomb@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      1 month ago

      The smooth side does indeed face the owner. But it’s about maintenance, not appearance. If the fence faced the other way, you’d have to be standing in your neighbor’s yard to fix your own fence if it has a broken board.

      Of course, that doesn’t mean that some people don’t install their fences backward.

  • Lovable Sidekick@lemmy.worldEnglish
    8·
    1 month ago

    When I was a kid my dad did a much smaller version of this so the neighbor’s dog could stick her head through and we could pet her. The dog loved it.

  • slaveOne@reddthat.comEnglish
    8·
    1 month ago

    Thanks for sharing, this world needs more posts like this one.

  • elevenbones@piefed.socialEnglish
    92·
    1 month ago

    It would have been cool if he asked first, but the dogs love him so 🤷‍♀️

    • w3dd1e@lemmy.zipOPEnglish
      30·
      1 month ago

      He did ask first. We came up with the idea together. I didn’t expect how happy it would make him and his wife. That’s why I wanted to share. _

  • iAvicenna@lemmy.worldEnglish
    6·
    1 month ago

    honestly if my neighbour had dogs like that, I would too